Ohio’s teen drivers are doing better than most around the country. The National Safety Council recently ranked the 50 states and the District of Columbia for youth-related driving fatalities. Ohio faired well. But local experts say even though this news is good there is still room for improvement.

Prospective Ohio drivers would see added training requirements and the Bureau of Motor Vehicles would be allowed to accept credit and debit cards under a state transportation budget that easily cleared the Ohio House on Tuesday.